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The economic fiasco involving unpayable Greek debt and German financial intransigence has made a hash of the grand “European Experiment.” As has been said in many similar situations, it seemed like good idea at the time.
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Regarding the largely secretive and back-biting search for a new Scranton School District superintendent: who would actually want the job and all the penny-ante political nonsense that comes with it?
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So the NCAA has finally admitted it overstepped its authority in penalizing Penn State’s football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse scandal. Bowl-game eligibility was restored a year ago, and now Paterno’s 112 victories have been restored. The old man once again has a record 409 career wins. It’s simply a matter of time until his statue is brought out of hiding.

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There are two sides to every story. Rolling Stone magazine’s account about the so-called “rape culture” at the University of Virginia failed at presenting both. The expose centered on an anonymous source — an undergraduate woman named “Jackie” who claimed to have been gang raped by unnamed members of a fraternity — spun a narrative that neatly fit various agendas involving race, class, gender, regional culture, patriarchy and so forth. It told a story that lots of folks *want* to believe is true, much like the infamous scandal involving wrongly accused lacrosse players at Duke University nearly a decade ago.

Maybe … probably? … major portions of “Jackie’s” allegations are true. But no one should point to this RS piece as proof.
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